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Michael John Goodman

received his PhD from Cardiff University in 2016. His work looks at how Shakespeare generates meaning in different time periods and in different media. He is currently working on his first monograph, ‘Illustrating Shakespeare: Practice, Theory and the Digital Humanities’. He holds a degree in Drama from the University of Manchester and has appeared on the BBC Radio Wales Arts show talking about Shakespeare and national identity.
Art to enchant: Shakespeare and Victorian illustration
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Art to enchant: Shakespeare and Victorian illustration

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Illustrated editions of the Complete Works would have been the first encounter with Shakespeare that many Victorian readers would have had.